Indiana University,
University of Manchester,
Centre for Digital Trust and Society.
Time: 10 June 2026, 9 am -5 pm
Venue: Alliance Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB, UK
Academic Committee:
Dr Jack Kenny, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public International Law, University of Manchester; Visting Research Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Dr Joseph Lee Nazzini, Reader in Corporate and Financial Law; Research Lead, Centre for Digital Trust and Society, University of Manchester
Dr Anjanette (Angie) Raymond, Chair, Department of Business Law & Ethics, Indiana University Kelley School of Business; Graf Family Professor, Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Dr Scott J. Shackelford JD, PhD
Associate Vice President & Vice Chancellor for Research, Indiana University-Bloomington
Provost Professor, Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Emerging technologies such as AI, blockchain, quantum computing, and space applications are evolving faster than global governance frameworks. The EU has pioneered omnibus regimes like the GDPR and AI Act, while the largely U.S. government relies on federal sectoral regulation and voluntary frameworks. U.K. adopts an incremental approach, seeking to balance innovation with strategic market access across the US, European and Asian markets. China and Russia are advancing cyber sovereignty models, while countries across the Global South face mounting pressures to choose between competing tech paradigms.
These fissures, and how they are navigated, will chart the course for the next chapter of global tech governance with profound implications for business, peace, and society. Whether it is an increasingly fragmented Internet as digital walls go, a “global networked commons,” or a polycentric set of pseudo-regimes has major implications for trade, human rights, security, and innovation.
This conference will:
• Map emerging governance divides across key issue areas: AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, digital platforms, data flows, competition law, and infrastructure.
• Highlight regional perspectives (EU, U.S., U.K., China, India, Africa, and Latin America).
• Explore multistakeholder and multilateral initiatives
• Identify opportunities for bridging divides through trust-building, norm-setting, and polycentric governance.
Confirmed Speakers
Scott Shackelford, Indiana University
Angie Raymond, Indiana University
Janine Hiler, Indiana University
Margaret Hu, Indiana University
Abbey Stemler, Indiana University
Janine Hiller, Indiana University
Christopher Hodges, University of Oxford; Regulatory Horizons Council
Thomas Le Geoff, Télécom Paris
David Amariles, HEC Paris
Allysa Czerwinsky, University of Manchester
Fiona Lakareber, University of Manchester
Joseph Lee Nazzini, University of Manchester
Zhipeng Wang, University of Manchester
Mark Ferrell, Data Protection People
Ambar Darr, University of Manchester
Richard Banach, University of Manchester
Daniel Shiu, University of Manchester
Registration
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emerging-fault-lines-in-global-tech-governance-tickets-1982361315057
